Verticality and containment in song and improvisation: An application of schema theory to nordoff-robbins music therapy

Journal of Music Therapy

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 238-267

  Aigen, Kenneth ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70350509851     PISSN: 00222917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmt/46.3.238     Document Type: Article

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